Beaugrand storms home to take gold for France
PARIS, July 31 (Reuters): France's Cassandre Beaugrand, inspired by thousands of home fans lining the streets of Paris, delivered a textbook run to claim an emotional win in the women's triathlon on Wednesday and earn France a first individual Olympic medal in the sport.After the race was given the early-morning...
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How much is a Paris Olympic gold medal worth?
The object weighs 529 grams, but only six grams are gold - around 1.3 per cent of the total medal's total weight - while the rest is pure silver. The gold part consists only of a plate laid over the silver core.Up until the 1912 Stockholm Games, gold medals were...
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Bijoy, Hridoy to lead Young Tigers in Pakistan
Anamul Haque Bijoy will lead the Bangladesh A side in the two-match four-day series against Pakistan A team while Tawhid Hridoy has been named as Bangladesh A team captain for the one-day series, reports UNB. The 2nd string Bangladesh side will play two four-day and a three-match one-day series, all...
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British women's rowing team dash Dutch gold hope
PARIS, July 31 (Reuters): Having seen their men win gold a few minutes earlier, the Netherlands' female quadruple scullers looked all set to make it double Dutch on Wednesday, only for Britain to snatch gold from their grasp on the very last stroke of the Olympic final.It was easily the...
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Mushtaq Ahmed to be available for Tigers in Pakistan series
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed that former Pakistani leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed will be available as the spin bowling coach for Bangladesh's upcoming series against Pakistan, reports UNB.Mushtaq, who signed a short-term contract with BCB in April, had impressed the board during his tenure for the T20 World Cup. Consequently,...
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Canada fail in bid to overturn six-point deduction in Olympics football
PARIS, July 31 (AFP): Canada's six-point deduction over a spying scandal at the women's Olympic football has been upheld after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport failed on Wednesday.The Swiss-based body was asked to review the punishment handed down by world football's governing body FIFA which has...
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